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9.

  osu so-o1 da kokhie-ko-o2 ai-no3 co-e4
  I1 heard4 the door being knocked2 loudly 1
   
  The citation form of the Mao verb is the gerundial form.

3.4.11.2.
 		 The Abstract Noun
    Unlike the two other deverabl nouns, viz., the participial noun and the gerund which are grammatically ambivalent in that they display properties of both nouns and verbs, the abstract noun is a noun, pure and simple. It takes genitive determiners, can not take adverbs, does not provide for tense-aspect-mood marking. The abstract noun expresses abstract attributes of objects and is derived from the verb root means of ka-, ko-, and a-.
 

204.

  ka ‘be broad’ ka-ka ‘length’
kha ‘be bitter’  ka-kha ‘bitterness’
ti ‘be narrow’  ka-ti ‘narrowness’
jü ‘be big’  ka-jü  ‘bigness’
i ‘be small’ ka-i ‘smallness’
khri ‘be sour’ ka-khri ‘sourness’
ho ‘be deep’ ko-ho  ‘depth’
so ‘be long’  ko-so ‘length’
mamüi zhü ‘be beautiful’ mamüi ka-zhü ‘beauty’
mamüi shü ‘be ugly’ mamüi ka-shü ‘uglyness’
sho ‘be thick’ ko-sho ‘thickness’
osa dzü ‘be short’ osa ko-dzü ‘shortness’
osa so  ‘be tall’ osa ko-so ‘tallness; height’
do ‘be far’  ko-do ‘farness;distance’
okhro jü ‘be brave’ okhro ka-jü ‘bravery’
molü jü
 		 ‘be courageous’  molü ka-jü ‘courageousness;
courgae’
pa ‘be brown’  ka-pa ‘brownness’
mo ‘be sweet’ ko-mo  ‘sweetness’
hiu ‘be dry’ ‘ko-hiu ‘dryness’
hü ‘be red’  ko-hü ‘redness’
ci ‘be wet’  ka-ci  ‘wetness’
mosü ‘be heavy’ a-mosü  ‘heaviness’
molo ‘be easy’ a-molo ‘easiness’
madi  ‘be green’  a-madi ‘greenness’
monü ‘be soft’  a-monü ‘softness’
make ‘be cold’ a-make ‘coldness’
cüno ‘low in height’  a-cüno ‘lowness in height’
caki ‘be clever’ a-caki ‘cleverness’

Typically, if not unfailingly always, the abstract noun is homophonous with the participial adjective. Thus, if one were look at it as a lexical entry.
 

265.

 1.   korü1 ko-ho2

1.

  deep2 river1 2. (the) depth2 of (the) river1

2.

  lova1 ka-i2
1.  small2 road1 2.  (the) smallness2 of (the) road 1

3.

  saba1 mamüi ka-zhü 2
1.  beautiful2 shawl1 2.  (the) beauty 2 of (the) shawl 1

4.

  ona1 a-caki 2
1.  clever2boy/child1 2.  (the) cleverness2 of (the) boy/child 1

5.

  larü1 ka-jü2
1.  big2 book1 2.  (the) bigness2 of (the) book1

6.

  ive1 ko-sho 2
1.  thick2 forest1 2.   (the) thickness2 of (the) forest 1

7.

  osa1 ka-ci 2
1.  wet2 cloth1 2.  (the) wetness2 of (the) cloth 1

8.

  raho1 ka-pa2
1.  brown 2 bird1 2.  (the) brownness2 of (the) bird1

9.

  larübvü1 ko-kru2
1.  old2 book1 2.  (the) oldness2 of (the) book 1

10.

  hayi1 ka-khri2
1.  sour2 ricebeer1 2.  (the) sourness2 of (the) ricebeer 1

11.

  opro1 ka-kha2
1.  bitter2 medicine1 2.  (the) bitterness2 of (the) medicine 1

12.

  rashu1 ko-mo2
1.  sweet2 fruit1 2.  (the) sweetness 2 of (the) fruit1

13.

  oro1 a-mosü2
1.  heavy1 basket2 2.  (the) heaviness2 of (the) basket1

14.

  ovo1 a-molo2
1.  easy2 work1 2.  (the) easiness2 of (the) work 1

15.  obu1 ko-do2
1. far1 place2 2.  (the) farness (the distance)2 of (the) place1
 

 

  

 
 

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